• Get Connected Knowledge Forum, June 27-29, 2005, at Gaylord Texan Resort, Dallas, Texas
• Sponsored by Healthvision, eHealth Initiative and VHA
• www.GetConnectedConference.com

DALLAS TX USA -- HEALTHCARE UPDATE NEWS SERVICE (TM) -- MAY 23, 2005: The Get Connected Knowledge Forum (www.GetConnectedConference.com) held on June 27-29, 2005 at Gaylord Texan Resort in Dallas, TX is the only conference providing a practical roadmap to creating Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) The Get Connected Knowledge Forum is sponsored by the eHealth Initiative (www.eHealthInitiative.org), Healthvision (www.Healthvision.com) and VHA (www.VHA.com), and is co-chaired by Scott Decker, President and CEO of Healthvision, Janet Marchibroda, CEO of the eHealth Initiative and Curt Nonomaque, President and CEO of VHA.

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PRACTICAL SPECIAL SESSIONS PROVIDE ROADMAP TO RHIO CREATION AND OPERATION: Overview: A Roadmap to Rendering Better Care Through the Implementation of Health Information Technology The Role of Physicians and Physician Organizations in Getting Communities Connected The Role of Hospitals and Health Systems in Getting Communities Connected The Role of Purchasers and Payers in Getting Communities Connected The Role of Patients in Getting Communities Connected Successful National Models Return on Investment from HIT Connected Communities Connecting Communities in Action: Choose your Community Case Study - Breakout Sessions and Discussions Connected Healthcare Communities: Where Do We Go From Here? Regional Health Information Organizations: Successful Fund-Raising Strategies to Capitalize Regional Health Information Organizations (RHIOs) RHIO Governance and Board Structure Practical Issues in State-Wide Regional Healthcare Information Organizations (RHIOs) Successful Clinical Process Redesign in a Connected Healthcare Community The Benefits of eRx in Building a Connected Healthcare Community Physicians Connecting to Physicians Through Referral Management Streamline Patient Connectivity with Secure Patient Communication Patient Care Beyond the Office Visit: eConsultation Continuity of Care Record (CCR) in Connected Healthcare Communities Following the Process of Care Management Information Therapy Physician Utilization: Driving Acceptance and Adoption Technology: Technology Models for Building Health Information Infrastructure Interoperability - How Competing Vendors Can Work Together Federal HIT Initiatives and the Evolution of Healthcare Information Standards Connecting for Health: Building a Common Framework for Replicable, Sustainable Health Information Exchange Privacy, Security and Legal Issues: Privacy and Security: The Hidden Challenge for Connected Communities Security Issues in Connected Healthcare Communities

CONFERENCE CO-CHAIRS: Scott Decker Chief Executive Officer, President and Director, Healthvision Irving, TX Janet Marchibroda Chief Executive Officer, eHealth Initiative and Foundation and Executive Director, Connecting for Health, Washington, DC Curt Nonomaque President and Chief Executive Officer, VHA Inc., Irving, TX

FEATURED FACULTY: Gary Allen Executive Director, Quality Healthcare Alliance, Honolulu, HI Jeff Allport Business Consultant, Perot Systems Healthcare, St. Joseph Health System, Anaheim, CA Larry Anderson, MD Senior Director, Quality Improvement & Medical Affairs, MMC Physician-Hospital Center, Portland, ME Mark R. Anderson, CPHIMS, FHIMSS Healthcare IT Futurist, and Chief Executive Officer, AC Group, Inc., Montgomery, TX W. Holt Anderson Executive Director, North Carolina Healthcare Information and, Communications Alliance, Inc., Research Triangle Park, NC Syble Asaf Operations Manager, Village Medical Centers, The Woodlands, TX Gary M. Austin Vice President, MEDecision, Wayne, PA Marion J. Ball, Ed.D., FHIMSS Vice President Clinical Informatics Strategies, Healthlink, Incorporated, Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing and Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, Author, Healthcare Information Management Systems: Cases, Strategies, and Solutions, Baltimore, MD William S. Bernstein, Esq. Partner and Co-chair, Government and Regulatory Division, Mannatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, New York, NY A. John Blair, MD President and Chief Executive Officer, Taconic IPA, Inc., Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, MedAllies, Wappingers Falls, NY Cherie Boxberger Senior Director of eHealth and Nursing, Saint Luke's Health System, Kansas City, KS David Bradshaw (Invited) Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Marketing, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, TX William R. Braithwaite, MD, Ph.D. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, eHealth Initiative and Former Senior Advisor on Health Information Policy, Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC Davis Bu, MD, MA Senior Analyst, Center for Information Technology Leadership Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Styles Caldwell (Invited) Vice President, Allscripts, Chicago, IL Kacey Carpenter Marketing Manager, Enterprise Solutions, Cisco, San Jose, CA Beau Carter Senior Health Policy and Strategy Consultant, Med-Vantage, Inc., San Francisco, CA Carolyn Clancy, MD Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD Nan Crawford Project Manager, St. Joseph Heritage Healthcare, St. Joseph Health System, Anaheim, CA Daniel Cusator, MD Vice President and Medical Director, St. Joseph Hospital Affiliated Physicians, Anaheim, CA Francois de Brantes Program Leader, Health Care Initiatives, GE Corporate Health Care and Medical Services Programs, General Electric Corporation, Officer and Board Member, Bridges to Excellence, Fairfield, CT Carol Diamond, MD, MPH Managing Director of the Health Program, The Markle Foundation, Chair, Connecting for Health, New York, NY Linus Diedling Principal, Endeavor Health Group, Ft. Lauderdale, FL Jerry Edson Consultant, Maine Health Information Consortium, Portland, ME Ike Ellison Vice President, Business Development, NextGen Healthcare Information Systems, Inc., Horsham, PA Mike Epplen Vice President, Product Management, Quovadx, Atlanta, GA Bruce Merlin Fried, Esq. Partner, Health Care Group, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP, General Counsel, eHealth Initiative and Health Technology Center, Former Director, Center for Health Plans and Providers, HCFA, Washington, DC Christina Galanis Editor of Interactive Media, United Health Services, Binghamton, NY Patricia Gibbs Product Manager, Sentara Health System, Norfolk, VA Linda Golodner President, National Consumers League, Washington, DC Felicia Gordon Director, Quality Management, Covenant Health System, Lubbock, TX Rick Hayes Regional Accounting Executive, NextGen Healthcare, East Sandwich, MA David K. Henriksen General Manager, Centricity Physician Office, GE Healthcare Technologies, Carrollton, TX Bill Holland Vice President, DirectEffect, Healthvision, Irving, TX Kevin Hutchinson Chief Executive Officer, Surescripts, Alexandria, VA Liesa Jenkins, MA Project Director, Kingsport Tomorrow/CareSpark, Kingsport, TN Joann Kern, RN, BSN Vice President, Clinical Product Strategy, Healthvision, Waltham, MA Peter Kaufman, MD Chief Medical Officer, DrFirst, Rockville, MD Joann Kern, RN, BSN Vice President, Clinical Product Strategy, Healthvision, Waltham, MA Dianne Koval, RHIA, CPEHR Project Manager, MedAllies and Taconic IPA, Wappingers Falls, NY John Lightfoot Chief Technology Officer, Healthvision, Irving, TX Keith MacDonald Senior Research Manager, Emerging Practices Applied Research Group, First Consulting Group, Lexington, MA Paul Macielak President, New York Health Plan Association, New York, NY Mark B. McClellan, MD, Ph.D. (Invited) Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Former Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Washington, DC Molly Mettler, MSW, Senior Vice President Healthwise, Incorporated, Boise, ID Drew Miller Secure Email Service, Health Imaging Professional Services, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY Bruno Nardone, MHA, CHE (Invited) Managing Consultant, Healthcare Strategy and Change Practice, IBM Business Consulting Services, Cambridge, MA Randolf Notes, MPH Principal, Endeavor Health Group, LLC, Ft. Lauderdale, FL John Nowacek Web Business Development Manager, Sentara Health Management, Optima Health, Virginia Beach, VA J. Marc Overhage, MD, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Senior Investigator, Regenstrief Institute, Indianapolis, IN Ed Pierson Chief Information Officer, Healthvision, Irving, TX Peter J. Plantes, MD Vice President, Clinical Performance, VHA, Inc., Irving, TX Jeffrey W. Rose Founder and Chief Executive Officer, HealthAlliant, Founder, Former President and Chief Operating Officer, NovaCare, Inc., Piedmont, CA Bill Schroth Consultant, Department of Public Health, New York, NY Elliot Sternberg, MD Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, St. Joseph Health System, Orange, CA Rob Seliger Chief Executive Officer, Sentillion, Andover, MA Clay Shirky (Invited) Adjunct Professor, New York University, Graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, Chair, Working Group on Accurately Linking Health Information, Connecting for Health, New York, NY Paul T. Smith, Esq. Partner and Chair HIT/HIPAA Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, San Francisco, CA Larry J. Stofko Vice President, IT and Strategy Innovation, St. Joseph Health System, Orange, CA Thomas E. Sullivan, MD Women's Health Center Cardiology, Past President, Massachusetts Medical Society, Boston, MA Craig Summers, MD President, Yale New Haven Community Medical Group, New Haven, CT Jonathan M. Teich, MD, Ph.D. Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Healthvision, Irving, TX, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA Claudia Tessier, RHIA, CAE Executive Director, Mobile Healthcare Alliance (MoHCA), Co-chair, ASTM E31.28 Continuity of Care Record Institute, Washington, DC Dan Wolterman (Invited) President and Chief Executive Officer, Memorial Hermann Healthcare System, Houston, TX Rochelle (Chelle) Woolley Senior Vice President & Communications Officer, RxHub, LLC, St. Paul, MN William A. Yasnoff, MD, Ph.D. Managing Partner, NHII Advisor, Former Senior Advisor, National Health Information Infrastructure, Department of Health and Human Services, Arlington, VA Rita D. Zielstorff, RN, MS Chief Nursing Officer, Healthvision, Waltham, MA

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SPONSORSHIP INFORMATION: For sponsorship and advertising information review the Promotional Opportunities pages on the Get Connected website: www.GetConnectedConference.com or contact: Joni Lipson Exhibit Manager Phone: 215-599-6626 Fax: 215-545-8107 joni.lipson@rmpinc.com REGISTRATION INFORMATION: To register for the Get Connected Knowledge Forum, go to www.getconnectedconference.com/regconference.html, call 1-800-842-5146 or email vhacustomerservice@vha.com.